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Saadoon Ammar 2017SQUAREAssociate Professor 





Division of Pediatric Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine

Education

Medical School
College of Medicine University of Mosul

Residency
University of Alabama at Birmingham 

Fellowship
University of Alabama at Birmingham 

Interests

Clinical Interests:
General pediatric pulmonary care, chronic cough, asthma, technology depende0nt respiratory conditions and cystic fibrosis.

Research Interests:
Studying the factors that affect lung development in children. His laboratory also investigates the pulmonary complications of Sickle Cell disease, pulmonary hypertension in children, and the effects of vitamin D deficiency on lung structure and function. He also has multiple publications about pediatric asthma, exhaled nitric oxide, cystic fibrosis microbiome, Flexible Bronchoscopy and pneumomediastinum in children. He is also actively involved in the education of medical students, pediatric residents and pediatric pulmonary fellows.